Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-12-26
MIDwINTER BALL NEWS.
The Latest Gossip Concerning the OHIO
Leagne Clubs.

League Clubs.
Base ball sport in Wheeling next year
promises well Last season, the hrSt one
10 the Ohio League, the complement oil
players was not obtained until the grounds
had been nearly ready for their caperlng
for some weeks Experience having been
a successful teacher in this respect, the
management took time by the forelocE
and succeeded in signing strong team
for the season Of 1888. Of course there
have been some wild kicks against the
success OF Wheeling's .fnesSe, and the
usual howl of exorbtant salaries, but the
matter resolves itself into the fable about
the wiugless bed bug that reached the
summit OF its aspirations just the same.
The Wheeling club to-day is prepared TO
meet all Corners, and its effective batteries,
sturdy iDtield and magnificent equipment
of outield scouts is due to the foresight
and Judgment of those directors who Sc
cured the services Of Mr.. Buckenberger as
manager.
THE OHIO LEAGUE.
For some time past limitations have
been cast out that the Ohio State League
would not materialize next season. This,
happily, is an erroneous impression. Ihe
only doubtful towns are Lima and Canton,
and even they cannot be said TO be so.
There is a great deal of money back OF the
Lima organization, and if they art slow IN
signing players it is supposed that Man
ager Fullerton, who knows his business, IL
eminently qualified to give the hackers OF
the club Just what they want.
Canton is lingering on the hopeless verge
of cooperative plan. 1t will never
work, and if they do not settle down to
business Def re the meeting OF the League
Directors some other city will be gwen
her place. Columbus, GAINESVILLE, San
duqky, Kalamazoo and Mansfield have or
gained strong teams, and when the blue
birds come in the spring there will be mus
ic in the air, and it is to be hoped that the
melody will strike harmOniously on the
ears of the enthusiastic patrons OF the
home team.
BASE HITS.
Wheeling has an aggregation of sluggers
that can knock out nine times nine Sulil-
vans.
1t is likely that Wheeling may open the
season with several games in Cincinnati
or st. Louis.
Jack Glasscock is one of the most mod
est players in the country. He don t
brag; he plays ball.
Lemons, Wheelings new pitcher, prom
ises TO do some wonderful work next sea-
SOD, having had q good rest this winter.
"Samn Nichols, Wheeling'S star center
fielder, is keeping himself in trim this
winter, and will waltz into the first game
as lively as he wound up the last one in
1887.
Ex-Manager Frank Vennurl, of the old
Standards, club that graduated Barley
aud Glasscock, says that SAN Nichols
will be the star player in the Ohio League
next season.
ED" StapIetoD, the clever and hand
some first baseman Of the Wheeling team,
arrived in the city yesterday. 1t is under
stood that he has been offered lucrative
position until the season opens. Ed" Is
genial companion and frst-class,
honest ball player.
The Columbus management has signed
as first baseman X. G. Hamilton, who
played in the Lawrence, Mass, team, of
the New England League, last year, He
has field record of .9S5 for 80 games, and
batting record of 49,. He will make a
strong addition to the team.
Farmer, the catcher, who was signed by
Pittsburg, was, sent a blank sheet of paper
by the Kalamazoo management with in
structiOns to sign his name to it. Farmer,
being as cute as the cutest, refraiued from
complying with the seemingly innocent re-.
quest, suG consequently "Hustllng" Hor-
ace Phillips HahBed htI..
Sam" Barley has not yet signed with
Pittsburg. 1t is said that Samuel does
not banker signing with that club.
Furthermore, it is quietly whispered, that
the managers Of several League clubs have
been holding conferences with SAM CT
the sly. Rarkley, when approached about
the matter, of course, sail. - know moth:
ing about it."
1t is not very likely that Morrison will
ever pitch game for Wheeling next sea
son. His record during the latter part OF
last seasOn-more especially his work in
shutting out Pittsburg-has attracted the
attention of the base ball world, and sew
eral offers have been made for him. The
Wheeling management, however, will not
part with him unless they get good bo'
nus.